1963r2
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A short question on the engine bay colours.
Have we gained a general consensus on whether the engine bays on the 63 Avanti were painted body colour, black, or either depending on how someone felt on the day?
My 63 would appear to be black from factory but who knows what happened prior to my ownership.
pb
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I wouldn't think so.
Maybe needs some adjustment in the neutral switch or it is faulty.
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I replaced the inner fender on my 63 with the later conventional style battery inner fender due to damage and the ease of battery replacement. I either had to fix mine or replace it so I chose to replace it with the later style
Inner fenders aren't that expensive so I completely removed the 63 inner and replaced it with the 64 on inner. It wasn't a hard job to do.
The only issue I found out after I did it was that the lower hood stay now had nowhere to attach to the inner fender due to the larger battery area.
This meant that the hood stay needed to be relocated to the other side of the hood and fender, so you need to install mounting plates to the fender and inner Hood.
I haven't come across any other issues so far.
pb
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My old Celica did the same when I put new tyres on it. I put up with it for a long time and finally went to a tyre store to sort it out. He asked me if I had swapped the front tyres around and I said no. So he did and the car tracked straight from that point on.
He was of the opinion that tyres sometimes do that but had no idea why.
Anyway it saved me a lot of aggravation and was a simple fix.
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Yes, and look for the plates whist you are there.
It would be an easier job if ( looking at the photo ) the paint didn't look so good.
My car is in pieces so I could afford to make a bit of a mess where as your sisters car looks nice and you need to be a bit more delicate than I needed to be.
I guess any competent panel shop should be able to do the swap and touch up any paint at the same time.
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Yes the stay can be moved but you need to insert and rivet the attaching plates in the appropriate locations to the inside of the hood and on the fender.
The fender plate is an easy install but the hood plate is tricky and would require a slight repair and paint touch up in those areas to look nice again.
I'm sure you could get the appropriate measurements and locations by looking at a 64 Avanti in person.
The plates themselves could be easily made.
If you don't use the plates then the fibreglass is sure to get damaged and broken.
pb
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Yes the inner fender can be replaced. They are all independent pieces bonded together.
I have a 63 which I decided to replace the cracked/damaged inner fender with a 64 version for ease of battery replacement but as I found out the stay then needs to swap sides as there is nowhere but thin air to attach it too.
It sounds like they have just attached it anywhere they could on the new inner fender which has now not given you the full range of movement.
Good news is it is a factory R2 and if all you have to do is find a location for a/c compressor then you will have the best of both worlds.
pb
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44 minutes ago, avantifred said:
One clue for a supercharged car is the speedometer. If it is a 140 spedo it's NOT a supercharged car. Supercharged cars had a 160 mph spedo
spedos can be changed BUT it's one clue!!
True for later Avanti's like this one but early ones had the 140mph speedo.
If your sister/you have the production order then it should have the engine number on there and should give you the build details of the original car. Obviously it could have been changed since then but the production order should tell you if it was an R1 or R2 , a/c or not etc from factory.
In relation to the hood opening the redesign of the later inner fender for the battery location meant the stay needed to be moved to the opposite side of the hood and therefore the other fender. Maybe Gunslinger is correct ( collision damage) and you have a 63 hood but 64 inner fenders and instead of moving the stay location they placed it anywhere therefore reducing the opening height.
Alternatively the stay could just be faulty.
With regard to the production order if the engine number starts with RS then it was an R2 , if just R then R1 and there should be notations I would have thought stating certain accessories like Supercharger or A/C.
I don't believe Studebaker Avanti's had a dual master cylinder but at some stage the Avanti 2 did.
pb
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Hello Chuck
I believe Fairborn supply you with a kit (everything you need) and instructions to fit the axles.
pb
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On 2/21/2019 at 11:46 AM, brad said:
No, they will be out around the middle of April. I have tested the prototypes, and they are perfect.
They really should be tested under harsh Australian conditions. Have them send me 2 sets and I will begin testing immediately.
Pb
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Yes i believe the kits are available
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If it is a Yorke compressor i'm pretty sure you can still get them. If not it could be a good time to swap to a Sanden.
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Fel pro
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Did they move some electrical parts from the engine bay to under the dash to stop heating issues?
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Dash cover
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Poor Fellow.
He did a lot of good work with minimal resources.
He would have been a fascination person to talk too.
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I guess it was a case of the completed bodies being stockpiled and then grabbing the closest one when required.
Theoretically the deeper you went into the stockpile to lower the body number you would get.
pb
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Maybe it's the location of the leaf spring. If the front mounting bolt is placed in the wrong hole it can upset the geometry a little and look out of place.
pb
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Toyota Corona Avante was sold in Australia in the 80's.
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The bodies were made in different locations as opposed to the frame.
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A short wheelbase Lark frame will work you just need to add the X member to the frame .
I have done that on two frames myself.
Just be methodical in your approach and start at one end and work your way back.
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Used on export models as well.
It was widely used here in Australia and not hard to find.
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Speedo
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Split window corvette
Engine bay colour
in 1963-64 Avanti
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Thanks for the replies.
The car was originally Avanti Gold and you can work through the layers of paint back to the Gold, however when it gets to the engine bay there was no sign of Gold just black. I will go and double check.
pb